Here is my challenge to create the lowest level char possible to kill each act boss or superunique

As everyone knows by now, Normal Andariel is easy, you can do her with a lvl 1 char of any class and usualy with a full poison dmg setup can be solo'd in 2 or 3 minutes (although... I'm working on a lol lvl 1 char to 1 shot her which I may post here in the future when I finish it)

all of this challenge will be completed on Hardcore Europe Ladder



post your thoughts and ideas.

I am struggling a little bit on Duriel because you can't avoid his aura and he hits so hard and fast. Obviously get yourself in the corner to avoid his knockback and drink thawing potions, but level 1 is probably way too difficult due to attack rating and char lvl vs monster lvl, slow ias and stun.

Duriel now done.

Couldn't do it with a lvl 1, no matter what build or char class, just attack too slow vs holy freeze and the ar vs high monster lvl is impossible.

so did it with a lvl 2 pala (I know lame)

going to be doing meph and dia after. I think I can maybe do them at lvl 2, just need to find more +5% light and fire res charms. However, if it's too hard, I can go to lvl 5 for hotspurs, flawed rubies and the Gnasher (Ow & CB), but I don't want to so will try a few times at lvl 2. But can't afford to make any mistakes since this is on Hardcore.

I think with 75 light res and 85 poison res, and no holy freeze so faster smite, I think meph should be do-able, as you can see, I have loads of inv space left, so will try to get a bunch more life grand charms and resist small charms.

as usual, any feedback/suggestions are encouraged. cheers guys



forgot to show switch eq


This post was edited by jas2 on Apr 4 2014 08:33am

Meph Down!

made some eq, jewel and charm changes, all can be seen in the video.



need to find a bunch more 5 fire res small charms before I think about doing Diablo

only having 8 pots is also a pain in the arse, but the mods from arctic combo are just too good

Damn nice job!

wow, dia was tough, had to be careful with the juvs yet, at the same time, allow my hp and mana to drop as low as possible to maximise effectiveness.

only just managed it and had juvs in inv that I used too.

didn't bother with getting 75 res, this run was just going to be a practice run but ended up being the final version lol

I decided to just tank his lightning hose and take a gamble. I had enough resists and life to survive each hit before juving though.

damn amp wouldn't proc which made the fight very close at the end, thought I was going to have to bail out until I was down to the last juv and he was almost dead.

Nightmare Andariel got slapped

toughest fight so far which I'm sure everyone would expect, needed lots of juvs or this would just be impossible.



Maybe NM duriel now? going to be extremely difficult, will need about 50 juvs I expect, that's if his melee attack doesn't rip me.

I can clean all the poison res stuff out of my gear because I hit 85 cold res with arctic combo and thawing pots. So will try and stack my hp to over 300.

the last part where I switch to the amp weapon is now the problem, they have so much more hit points in NM and Duriel has even more than Andi. When combined with slow smite from holy freeze it will be extremely tough.

need to lvl Another char to 20 again so I can remake this smiter and gate him to nightmare. He levels up to lvl 3 each time I kill a boss now which is annoying.

note: forgot to show char screen. I had 78 poison res

Nightmare Duriel

holy sh...

tough tough tough fight. Nobody should have to work that hard to kill 1 monster lol.



I think this may very well be the end of the road

you can see on my char screen my resists for poison and light, so I need to get those to 75 somehow lol, while also increasing my life by a little bit. Which, I think will be impossible on battlenet. maybe on hero editor it could be done with 15% res / 10 life grand charms and 15% res / 8 life jewels.

but, You can see from the video above how long it took and how I pretty much burnt through all the juvs i could possibly get in 1 game, Duriel has 55,799 hit points and meph has 74,547

so would need another 5 to 6 mins of smiting to kill him, which would probably need another 60 or 70 juvs which is just impossible. Especialy when you factor in that I will have to juv each time I lose 50 hp to avoid ripping to a big crit strike, which poison will remove very quickly.

so... there we have it. Nightmare Duriel is the furthest you can get with a very low char. Was great fun and a nice challenge at this boring time as ladder end approaches.

gl all.

well....

here we are, no idea why, just when I thought I was done and this challenge was taken to it's end, I continued farming, got just enough light res, poison res (with pots) and cold res (with pots) to give meph a try.



was so tense, could have ripped so easily at any second.

edit: forgot to show char screen, ss is below, and switch eq (although I didn't use it) and both rings are identical stats so only showed one, I was rushing too much because I thought the fight would last ages and didn't want those pots on the floor to disappear.
& 2 chipped topaz shield, same as on other switch side.

not sure about diablo, will need to max fire and light res.

all my sockets and charms went on light res, so will be almost impossible to find 75 fire res extra

maybe with hero editor on single player it could be tried if someone wants to give it a shot. with 15%res/10 life grand charms and 15%res/8 life jewels you could hit max res. But it's almost impossible to farm all that on battlenet.

it's also annoying levelling up after each boss kill, I've had to grush this guy so many times now lol, doing golden bird quests and den of evil ect, it's tedious work.

let me know your thoughts guys

This post was edited by jas2 on Apr 4 2014 09:00am

Why no Baal fight video?

Lol'd so hard